Chris Nolan part I

Chris Nolan came and spoke to our class today about using Google search, among other things. I always thought I was pretty versed with using Google. I could just type pretty much anything my heart desired into the search box and then I would be instantly gratified with bountiful information ripe for my picking. But according to Chris, there is so much more than that! You can throw in all sorts of different types of symbols and even use something called "advanced search"...spooky I know. But it all truly was incredibly helpful. One thing he mentioned was that when you search for something, Google displays the item based on popularity. So the popular articles are going to be on top, which include Wikipedia and the like. As you scroll down the search options, the articles become more scholarly. I had no idea about this! This new tid-bit of information just made my researching for papers just that much more easy. No longer and I going to have to use Wikipedia for my research papers...not that I do anyway. Another really handy trick that I learned was using the minus sign (-). If you put the minus sign after what you are searching for, you can exclude certain items. For example, if you are looking for facts about Mexico, you can use the minus sign trick to get rid of words such as "New Mexico". Also, he showed us that Google can find movie times!